On Halloween night in 1936, a group of people gathered on the roof of Hollywood's Knickerbocker Hotel.
At the center of the gathering sat Bess Houdini, widow of the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini.
Ten years earlier, Houdini had died on October 31, 1926.
Before his death, he and Bess had agreed upon a secret message. If he could communicate from bey ... Show More
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Presenting: History Daily - Jesse James Pulls off a Train Heist
January 31, 1874. The outlaw Jesse James and his gang pull off one of the most infamous crimes in the American Old West with the Gads Hill Train Robbery.On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal, American History Tellers) takes y ... Show More
18m 18s
Oct 30
31 Days of Halloween | Day 30: Devil's Night - Halloween's Most Dangerous Tradition
On Halloween morning in 1984, smoke hung over the city of Detroit.Over the previous three nights, firefighters had responded to an astonishing 810 fires.Homes, businesses, and abandoned buildings burned as an annual tradition of Halloween mischief spiraled into something far more ... Show More
22m 42s
Oct 29
31 Days of Halloween | Day 29: Appalachian Folklore — Witches, Ghosts, and Death Omens
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, families once believed that death could announce itself long before it arrived.A bird flying into the house. Three mysterious knocks at the door. A dog howling through the night.And sometimes, hidden inside the feather pillow of a dying person, ... Show More
21m 55s
Apr 2024
61: Folklore: Southern Gothic Horror
The haunting of the Gray Man, The vengeful Witch of Yazoo, and the man who made a deal with the devil. Today, we're exploring the horrors of the gothic south Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to ad-fr ... Show More
33m 3s
Jul 2023
28: Folklore: Stories of Appalachian Horror
Witches in the woods, screams in the middle of the night, the most haunted piece of land in all of Appalachia. Bring a backpack, because we're going deep into the Appalachian wilderness to hear the most terrifying folklore around. Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to bec ... Show More
29m 43s
Jan 2021
212-Armenian Folklore: Witchy Woman
An awesome story about a young king who wants to do the impossible! And the ill-advised! And, frankly, makes a kind of stupid choice to go into the murder forest that took the lives of his father and six consecutive brothers.Inside, a deeper, darker secret lurks, one that brings ... Show More
37m 26s
Jan 2025
The Stranger / The Old Plantation (Tales for the Midnight Hour)
In this spooky double feature, journey into the eerie unknown with two spine-tingling tales:
In The Stranger on the Train, a family vacationing in Transylvania finds their private rail car invaded by a mysterious, ghostly passenger. Then, a young businessman inherits an abandoned ... Show More
22m 56s